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Civil War slaughter and Lt. Abraham

The Civil War and Reconstruction are hot topics, again. Proof?For one, the loud and at times violent skirmishing over Confederate statuary. For another, the renewal of the reparations debate. Finally, a spate of new books, including ëƵStony the RoadëƵ by Henry Louis Gates Jr., dealing with ...

Hail, Hail, The GangëƵs All Here

Democrats just set a record.There are, as I write this, 18 of them officially running for the presidency.That exceeds the number of Republicans (17) who threw their hats into the ring for president before the 2016 presidential election.Joe Biden appears to be standing in the wings.HeëƵs ...

Baseball, the Babe, and a reunion

I donëƵt know about you, but IëƵm ready for baseball. More than ready.Hope springs eternal at the old ballyard. IëƵm reminded of the line in the movie Field of Dreams by the reclusive novelist Terrance Mann, about baseball being the one constant in America.ëƵAmerica has rolled by like an ...

Watch out for ‘socialists’

I really hadnëƵt paid much attention to that special election to fill the empty seat in the stateëƵs 37th Senatorial District.I donëƵt live in that district.In fact, I didnëƵt even know which political parties the two candidates (D. Raja and Pam Iovino) belonged to until a few days before ...

The great harm some politicians do

Last Sunday, the stateëƵs 14th District congressman, Guy Reschenthaler, emailed a request for money to fight the ëƵliberal ... socialistëƵ agenda of the Democrats.Now, when the Republican Reschenthaler was running for the job against the Democrat Bibi Boerio last fall, he was mostly ...

President attacks Obamacare againëƵ again?

Robert Mueller has finally spoken.President Trump can breathe easy.He is not going to jail; he probably wonëƵt face impeachment; he can gloat all he likes -- "cause there really was no collusion!"It should be clear sailing toward the 2020 election.Whom am I trying to kid?Trump being Trump, and ...